Digital Video Resources and Photography www.Audacity.com - can download this for a mac too
free audio editing site
very easy to record voice
Click on record button to record and then stop to finish recording
Click the play button to play back recording
Highlight part of the blue waves and then click the backspace and you can edit out some of the recording
Highlight part of blue wave and go to effect and then change pitch. Can move pitch to the right and it sounds like a character.
Can use this program to record students reading. Students listen to themselves and this helps to improve reading.
Students can create a radio broadcast on the topics from class.
Open your audio file and drag a music file underneath the audio file.
Use the sliders to the left to increase or decrease the volume of the music or voice.
Time shift Tool - double arrow tool on toolbar - use this to drag your audio file to the right or left so it matches with the music better.
Envelope Tool - The double triangle icon on toolbar. Click on the top and bottom of the sound tracks and then click and drag them down to decrease music volume while speaking voice is on.
To save - File, Export and it defaults to a .wav file
Can download the LAME file so you can save this to other formats besides .wav
www.Audacity.com - can download this for a mac too
Audacity example: The Village Well (from Rushton Hurley)
Jamendo - music you can use
PartnersInRhyme - both royalty-free and free sound effects (note the difference)
Voice Thread - audio blogs with images
No-Edit Cloud Editors - a blog post by Wes Fryer on media tools
ujam - create your own songs with an online recording tool
Videos and Video Editing
Windows Live Movie Maker - the download link, as it doesn't come with Windows 7 (#@?!)
Windows Movie Makers - a good place for all sorts-o-things Movie Maker
Apple's iMovie Tutorials - great starters for iMovie and anything else from iLife
VideoMaker channel on SchoolTube - great tutorials on the next levels of video
YouTube - tutorials on anything
search on the word 'tutorial' and the name of the software
as with iTunesU, YouTube has an education channel
other sites for posting/embedding video: Vimeo, Viddler
JayCut - online video editing
Jing - freeware for screencasting
here's a Jing on using Movie Maker
Zamzar - great site for converting files or grabbing YouTube videos
DigitalWish.com - site for teachers that allows buying Flips two-for-one
Images and Slideshows
Neuron Functions - contest-winning entry that shows an interesting use of images
Creative Commons - copyright, public domain, and 'copyright-friendly';
Psykopaint - create "paintings" from pictures
Picnik - online photo editing
Irfan View - free graphics editor and converter
Photo Story 3 - a free program from Microsoft - really.
a quick tutorial Rushton Hurley put together on Photo Story
temporary download link for Photo Story
Google Art Project - great art from around the world, on your computer
BodyBrowser - biology will never be the same (requires very strong browser)
Information from workshop with Rushton Hurley, Free Tools, Rushton's Resources